New: Man page for /etc/hosts is inadequate

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80311

Bug ID: 80311
Summary: Man page for /etc/hosts is inadequate
Product: Documentation
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: low
Priority: P1
Component: man-pages
Assignee: documentation_man-pages-ztI5WcYan/[email protected]
Reporter: root-X6/[email protected]
Regression: No

I am editing a /etc/hosts file and hence reading the man page. I have noticed two issues.

1: I wish to associate at least two host names with one IP number. (killmartha.com and worik.org to start with). It is not clear in the man page if I should use two lines:

IP_address1 hostname1
IP_address1 hostname2

or

IP_address1 hostname1 hostname2

In the second case hostname2 would be an alias for hostname1. From reading the man page I am guessing I use two lines but it is not clear.

2: canonical_hostname is not defined in the document. (I am fairly sure I know what it is but it should be defined in the document that uses it) and alias is defined but it is not clear from the definition if it can be used in the one line case above.

I am confident I can sort this out for myself. If so I can write what I think should be added to the man page if any one agrees with me that this is a problem.

Worik

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80311

Worik <root-X6/[email protected]> changed:

What |Removed |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |root-X6/[email protected]
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID
            Summary|Man page for /etc/hosts is  |Not a bug at all
                   |inadequate                  |

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--- Comment #1 from Worik <root-X6/[email protected]> --- I should have looked at the examples. Duh!

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Am 15.07.2014 23:22, schrieb bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/[email protected]:

NTL it should also be clear from the text,
feel free to post improvements.

re,
wh
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--- Comment #2 from walter <[email protected]> ---
Am 15.07.2014 23:22, schrieb bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/[email protected]:

NTL it should also be clear from the text,
feel free to post improvements.

re,
wh

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